V$SESSION_CURSOR_CACHE

This view displays information on cursor usage for the current session.

Note:

The V$SESSION_CURSOR_CACHE view is not a measure of the effectiveness of the SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS initialization parameter.

Column

Datatype

Description

MAXIMUM

NUMBER

Maximum number of cursors to cache. Once you hit this number, some cursors will need to be closed in order to open more. The value in this column is derived from the initialization parameter OPEN_CURSORS.

COUNT

NUMBER

The current number of cursors (whether they are in use or not)

OPENED_ONCE

NUMBER

Number of cursors opened at least once

OPEN

NUMBER

Current number of open cursors

OPENS

NUMBER

Cumulative total of cursor opens minus one. This is because the cursor that is currently open and being used for this query is not counted in the OPENS statistic.

HITS

NUMBER

Cumulative total of cursor open hits

HIT_RATIO

NUMBER

Ratio of the number of times an open cursor was found divided by the number of times a cursor was sought